This tournament summary should be called “Well Done, Morg!” Burk’s Morg team (with some Goblins) took second, tying Michael Adams’s Dark Elves with a record of 4-0-2, but pulling ahead on tie breaker bonuses. Probably the best we’re likely to see from a Goblin team, all thanks to Morg! Placing Second Overall disqualified Morg et al from the Goblin Tribal Leeg trophy, opening the field for Dave Sutton’s “Millwal Loins” (not a typo) to take the prize. That’s three different trophies for Dave over ten years!

Kavin Kishor won Endzone Hog for the third time, again with his Wood Elf team from last year. He had previously signed up with Dwarves, so there was some confusion in the original announcement. Anyway Kavin, we’ll get around to renaming that trophy in your honour …. Another repeat winner was Tyler Reeves, who ran away with the Rambo award for casualties.

This was our tenth Spike! since 2008, and we can’t thank you guys enough for sticking with us throughout. It’s a load of fun running these events every year. This year’s 40mm-scale board give-away was something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and the 10th anniversary seemed the best time to do it.

Highlight of the weekend for me was “Josh and Justin’s Great Spike Adventure.” Begun back on August 10, this facebook group has tracked the progress of Joshua and Justin Gatner’s Spike! experience, from team design and painting through to games played. It was a load of fun following their ups and downs (for Joshua, it came down to that last game on table 1… well done, buddy), complete with photos and commentary.

Thanks of course to our visitors from out if town. Ontario, Alberta, Washington, all over BC were well represented, along with California in the form of West Coast Quake’s new Organizer, Russell Castronovo. And we might as well consider calling ourselves Ordo Fanaticus North, with 8 guests from the Portland area!

This year’s “Team Challenge” assembled coaches into blocks of 4, pooling their scores for a little friendly side bet. This year’s tallies went beyond the old milestones like “first triple skulls” and “first to score 5 TDs in a game,” this time including a bonus point for each member of a team from an area different from at least one other. This addition allowed the event to work better as a mixer of groups with different backgrounds. Thanks again to Kavinay Kishor for carrying on this event.

Here’s to another 10 years! – Michael (poundfist)

PS: Congrats to Ivan’s Bunchafuxx. Next time paint your minis and name your team ….
EDIT: Kavin played Wood Elves, not Dwarves as previously reported. That makes his TD award more understandable …